Comments on: Swarm Theory and Corporate Strategy: Why Innovation May Lead to Google’s Demise

By: David Bain

David Bain — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:49:40 +0000

A riskier strategy would be to stand still and do nothing though. The real diffuculty that they’ll have in the future though is redefining the public’s perception of their USP.

By: David G

David G — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 22:40:59 +0000

So sorry for posting anon – that incomprehensible paragraph above was my handywork.

By: david foster

david foster — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:08:32 +0000

A company will succeed in diverse business areas only if it is sufficiently decentralized for there to exist people below the very top level who are empowered to make *business* decisions (as opposed to purely technical decisions, sales decisions,etc.) Founder-driven companies are notoriously poor at making this transition.